swindonseagull
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Who is going this year? I'm there Thursday to Sunday camping at Totterdown.
The Thunderbirds have landed I saw them from a distance Friday
The Thunderbirds have landed I saw them from a distance Friday
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RIAT @ Fairford whos going?
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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For those who have absolutely no idea what RIAT means, or indeed any of the rest of that post, (which i'm guessing is about 99.83% of NSC) I'll save you the bother. I just looked it up. RIAT would appear to mean Royal International Air Tattoo. Christ knows where the places are of which OP speaks, other than they're the places where RIAT takes place. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd plump for somewhere near Swindon
AmexRuislip
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[MENTION=750]swindonseagull[/MENTION] is one those ex military types, the ones that abbreviate everything.For those who have absolutely no idea what RIAT means, or indeed any of the rest of that post, (which i'm guessing is about 99.83% of NSC) I'll save you the bother. I just looked it up. RIAT would appear to mean Royal International Air Tattoo. Christ knows where the places are of which OP speaks, other than they're the places where RIAT takes place. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd plump for somewhere near Swindon
He'll be getting his own personal band and guard of honour.
Bloody show off
Anyway TTFN
Not this year, but planning to attend next year.
The next show on my calendar is the Sunderland International Airshow in a few weeks, which is basically the North-East equivalent of Eastbourne airshow-wise.
Oh, and Fairford is in Gloucestershire and the Thunderbirds are the USAF equivalent of the Red Arrows.
The next show on my calendar is the Sunderland International Airshow in a few weeks, which is basically the North-East equivalent of Eastbourne airshow-wise.
Oh, and Fairford is in Gloucestershire and the Thunderbirds are the USAF equivalent of the Red Arrows.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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[MENTION=750]swindonseagull[/MENTION] is one those ex military types, the ones that abbreviate everything.
He'll be getting his own personal band and guard of honour.
Bloody show off
Anyway TTFN
GPWM
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It's plane spotting (in deepest darkest Gloucestershire). Like train spotting, but with a cricked neck...................
AmexRuislip
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Hopefully going next with all the male tribe in tow.
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Wot no LGBTQ?
clippedgull
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Haven't been for a few years but always a good day out if the weather holds!
RAF Fairford was an emergency landing base for a Space Shuttle if ever it was needed. Luckily it was never used but a team was always on standby at the airfield during a shuttle launch. If the Shuttle had needed to land the time from launch in Florida to landing at Fairford would be 15 minutes!
RAF Fairford was an emergency landing base for a Space Shuttle if ever it was needed. Luckily it was never used but a team was always on standby at the airfield during a shuttle launch. If the Shuttle had needed to land the time from launch in Florida to landing at Fairford would be 15 minutes!
swindonseagull
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For those who have absolutely no idea what RIAT means, or indeed any of the rest of that post, (which i'm guessing is about 99.83% of NSC) I'll save you the bother. I just looked it up. RIAT would appear to mean Royal International Air Tattoo. Christ knows where the places are of which OP speaks, other than they're the places where RIAT takes place. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd plump for somewhere near Swindon
well done coloured star......there is was a thread last year so why not this year.
Oh it is only the biggest airshow in the world.!!!
swindonseagull
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Fairford was also where the Concord done a lot of its test flights.
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pearl
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For those who have absolutely no idea what RIAT means, or indeed any of the rest of that post, (which i'm guessing is about 99.83% of NSC) I'll save you the bother. I just looked it up. RIAT would appear to mean Royal International Air Tattoo. Christ knows where the places are of which OP speaks, other than they're the places where RIAT takes place. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd plump for somewhere near Swindon
I thought they meant Rebellion
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AmexRuislip
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Unlike bloody 'Norfest'
only a Dakota and BofB fly past!
swindonseagull
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Well in YOUR world maybe
Nope The whole world.....That's this planet, not the one you are obviously on.
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studio150
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Assume it wasn't very well bolted together as it seemed to have lost its 'E' while testing
